Roll Roll Cotton Boll - Clue 8 - Bonnie Hunter - Mystery Quilt

8/5  With Clue 7 posted, I am determined to keep going on this.  There is the added pressure that I am leaving town in a couple of days and need to clean the living room.  Thus, onto Clue 8 --- BORDERS.

These borders are INTENSE!  No joke.  I am so glad that the billions of pieces were part of the previous clues.  I think I would have fallen over and gone with a plain border otherwise.

After laying out groups of 8, I just sew.  And sew, And sew.

The end of my day has ONE completed border and all of the corner triangles laid out.  Yep, I agree that it sure feels like there should be more.

8/6  Today is the DAY!  I have given myself just the morning to get these borders under control so that Mister and I can run errands for the family reunion that is rapidly approaching.

By putting my nose to the grindstone, I have the completed border triangles, all four border strips AND the inner border, label, and binding finished.  Love leader/enders as I make all the extra parts while I'm working on the top itself.

Now -- gotta go shop for awhile.

While watching the Olympics, I remove all the dog ears and then also take a few minutes to sew one triangle onto each border strip - yep this is the magic part.

8/7 - Well, I'm over 10 weeks late on this post.  Where did the time go?  But guess what?  Mister says I am a pit bull this morning/afternoon and simply won't let go until I finish.  Perhaps he is right because I am truly jamming around here.  Inner borders go on FAST!  Loving the green.

Next the outer borders and corner triangles.  Oh my happy heart --- everything fit.  I even take the time to stay stitch all around the outside edges due to the billion triangles.  This is something I rarely do but dang -- I want these to stay put.  TA-DA

Now for the back.  I make a dash to the studio and return with two fabrics from stash that need to go away.  A tiny little bit of leftovers in the center and yay --- my back is finished too.  I am going to post this clue now but will update when this lovely is quilted.  Hopefully it won't be 10 weeks from now.  That's all I have for today but always remember that if you click on the summary tab at the top of the blog, you will be able to follow a link to purchase Bonnie's book if you wish make this wonderful quilt.  Now to finish packing.  Have a great week everyone.  Update below.

UPDATE 2/8/17  This one is now in the Done column.  It was quilted by Allison Bayer with the Bora Bora pattern.  Woot woot.